A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her mother in Courtice earlier this week.
Durham Regional Police said they were called to a home on Moulton Court, near Courtice and Nash roads, on Tuesday afternoon to conduct a wellness check on the residents.
When they arrived, officers found two deceased women suffering from obvious signs of trauma. A child was also located at the scene unharmed.
Police have identified the victims as 30-year-old Katrina Zwolinski and her mother, 67-year-old Laurie Crew. The cause of their deaths has not been disclosed.
The child was Katrina’s son and Laurie’s grandson, police said.
Meanwhile, the man arrested at the scene, identified as Michael Belhu, has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder.
Police said Belhu is Katrina’s ex-boyfriend and the child’s father.
“Our thoughts are with the families this tragedy impacted,” police said in a news release on Thursday.